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    courtesy of Mass. Digital Commonwealth, Tichnor Brothers post card collection
    courtesy of Mass. Digital Commonwealth, Tichnor Brothers post card collection

    Bridgeport Then & Now

    When I travel on Route One, I like to imagine what the road looked like in the 1920’s when it became the nation’s first interstate highway.  This trip shows locations in and around Bridgeport where I found images from the early 20th Century and took photos to show what these places look like today.  These “Then & Now” images gives me a clearer sense of the prosperity and the economic importance of what has become Connecticut’s largest city since the 1970’s.

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    stop pinColumbia Records original Headquarters, c. 1907
    category icons Perry Memorial Arch in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now
    stop pinSoldiers & Sailors Memorial in Seaside Park
    category icons Seawall at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now
    category icons P.T. Barnum Statue, Then & Now - Bridgeport, CT
    category icons Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial, Then & Now -Bridgeport, CT
    category icons Bridgeport Public Library, Then & Now
    category icons United Congregational Islamic Center, in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now
    category icons YMCA of Bridgeport, Then & Now
    stop pinMountain Grove Cemetery
    stop pinMcLevy Green


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    Columbia Records original Headquarters, c. 1907

    Who would have guessed this one?  Columbia Records grew from a gramophone manufacturing company  that dates back to the 1890s.  They started pressing discs in 1902 in the building that was once occupied by the Howe sewing Machine factory.  The building has been demolished, and a dog racing track commands the intersection where it once stood.

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    Perry Memorial Arch in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now

    Perry Memorial Arch, Then & Now See this View on the map
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    Soldiers & Sailors Memorial in Seaside Park

    Guillermo Bosch submitted this view on Route1Views route1views.com/travel-the-road/?Latest=Latest&filteredlistopen=true&view_id_nofilter=8863

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    Seawall at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now

    Seawall at Seaside Park, Then & Now See this View on the map

    P.T. Barnum Statue, Then & Now - Bridgeport, CT

    P.T. Barnum Statue, Then & Now See this View on the map

    Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial, Then & Now -Bridgeport, CT

    Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial, Then & Now See this View on the map

    Bridgeport Public Library, Then & Now

    Bridgeport Public Library, Then & Now See this View on the map

    United Congregational Islamic Center, in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now

    United Congregational Islamic Center, Then & Now See this View on the map

    YMCA of Bridgeport, Then & Now

    YMCA of Bridgeport, Then & Now See this View on the map
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    Mountain Grove Cemetery

    Matthew Christopher posted this view on Route1Views: route1views.com/travel-the-road/?Latest=Latest&filteredlistopen=true&view_id_nofilter=8622

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    McLevy Green

    Abraham Lincoln spoke in Bridgeport in 1860 in the center of the old city.

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    Peter Evans Sep 01, 2021 History Trips

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